Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks a Box of 2016-17 NBA Hoops Basketball (Contest)

Basketball fans, rejoice. For while the NBA regular season is still 12 days away, the NBA collecting regular season starts . . . now. Hot off the presses, Panini America's 2016-17 NBA Hoops Basketball arrives in hobby shops across North America today with a loaded rookie class, a bold, colorful design that captures most of the offseason's biggest player moves,…

Panini America, 2K Sports Deliver a Special Set to Honor Lakers Legend Kobe Bryant

This week's highly anticipated release of 2016-17 NBA Hoops Basketball includes the final 10 cards of a 20-card Kobe Bryant set that should provide special incentive for players of 2K Sport's NBA 2K17 video game. The first 10 cards in the set are randomly inserted in Legend Edition versions of the game honoring the Lakers icon and Panini America-exclusive athlete. The…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016-17 NBA Hoops Basketball (100+ Pics)

The 2016-17 NBA regular season officially tips off two weeks from tomorrow. The 2016-17 NBA collecting season, however, officially  tips off two days from right now. That's when Panini America's fabled NBA Hoops brand arrives to celebrate a new season packed with calling-card staples such as the year's first Rookie Cards, colorful parallels, a bevy of inserts and some downright…

Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2016-17 NBA Hoops Basketball (Gallery)

The fabled NBA Hoops Basketball brand isn't so much a trading card product as it is a basketball collecting institution. It's a vital, vibrant reminder of the impending new season, brimming every fall with promise, pageantry, potential and star power. For most collectors, basketball season isn't really basketball season until NBA Hoops arrives. And now that last week's 2016 NBA…